wailings
Prolonged grief sounds
Wailings are prolonged cries of grief, lamentation, or anguish.
The word emphasizes duration and repetition—not a single cry but sustained mourning: The wailings of the bereaved filled the night.
Wailings can also describe any prolonged mournful sounds: the wailings of the wind through the abandoned house.
Convulsive crying aloud
- weepingShedding tears audibly
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
- mourningPeriod following loss
- bereavementState following loss
sorrow · anguish · heartache · despair · torment · suffering · misery · woe
Mournful American music genre
- vocalsSung musical parts
- falsettoArtificially elevated singing register
- soulfulExpressing deep emotion
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
croon · ballad · melisma · vibrato · lament · torch song · dirge · requiem
Emotional tear release
- shriekingEmitting shrill, loud cries
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- moaningProlonged sound of distress
whimpering · caterwauling · screeching · groaning · bawling · yelling · hollering · squealing
sobbing
Convulsive crying aloud
bereavement · sorrow · anguish · heartache · despair · torment · suffering · misery · woe · distress
blues
Mournful American music genre
- vocalsSung musical parts
- falsettoArtificially elevated singing register
- soulfulExpressing deep emotion
keening · croon · ballad · melisma · vibrato · lament · torch song · dirge · requiem · elegy
crying
Emotional tear release
- shriekingEmitting shrill, loud cries
- screamingLoud, shrill vocalizing
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
moaning · whimpering · caterwauling · screeching · groaning · bawling · yelling · hollering · squealing · squalling
wailingslaughter
Vocal expression of amusement
cheering · rejoicing · jubilation · rejoicings · jubilations
wailingssilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · hush · stillness · soundlessness · murmurs
wailingsrejoicings
Acts of expressing great delight
celebrations · exultations · praises · thanksgivings · hallelujahs
- weeping and wailing
- Wailing WallSacred Temple remnant